How do people cope when they are placed in circumstances where their survival is under threat?
This unit will focus on the idea of survival in nature, and how people have addressed this idea in fiction, films, short stories and non-fiction.
We will be developing our understanding of and skills in: ·Using different strategies to read texts ·Making connections between texts ·Writing appropriately about texts ·Group work
Some of the things we knew already about this topic are:
So far you have chosen the text that you are going to read first. Read some at home and remember to bring it to class to read some more and use for our class.
Becoming Better Readers
The first strategy we are looking at is making connections between your prior knowledge and the text.
Use these prompts to start you writing a paragraph about connections you can make with the book that you have chosen. •This story reminds me of... •This is like...•I already knew that...•I have heard of...•Something I have done like this is...
Main Novel Task
This is the individual or partners task that you will complete over the next few weeks. You have a copy of the booklet with the guidelines and I also include it here if you need to refer to it.
The due dates for the three tasks you will do are:
Progress update on Friday the 26th of September
1 due on Tuesday the 13th of October
2 due on Friday the 16th of October
Or, if you want to negotiate with me a different time for these let me know. If I can see they are all coming along and you are working well that should be fine, but please let me know.
This unit will focus on the idea of survival in nature, and how people have addressed this idea in fiction, films, short stories and non-fiction.
We will be developing our understanding of and skills in:
· Using different strategies to read texts
· Making connections between texts
· Writing appropriately about texts
· Group work
Some of the things we knew already about this topic are:
So far you have chosen the text that you are going to read first. Read some at home and remember to bring it to class to read some more and use for our class.
Becoming Better Readers
The first strategy we are looking at is making connections between your prior knowledge and the text.
Use these prompts to start you writing a paragraph about connections you can make with the book that you have chosen.
•This story reminds me of... •This is like...•I already knew that...•I have heard of...•Something I have done like this is...
Main Novel Task
This is the individual or partners task that you will complete over the next few weeks. You have a copy of the booklet with the guidelines and I also include it here if you need to refer to it.
The due dates for the three tasks you will do are:
Or, if you want to negotiate with me a different time for these let me know. If I can see they are all coming along and you are working well that should be fine, but please let me know.